Media

Turkish Banker Is Convicted in Plot to Evade Iran Sanctions

Source:New York Times Date:04Jan2018

It is a  dark day for Turkey and its banking system as a jury in NY finds a banker Mr Hakan Atilla guilty of violating Iran sanctions.  The verdict, if  not overturned  on appeal could further

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A tough year ahead for Turkey

Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:03Jan2018

One of Turkey’s premier political commentators, Mr Murat Yetkin published his predictions for  2018.

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Turkey’s Erdogan Tries to Play Nice, After a Year of Bashing Europe

Source:New York Times Date:01Jan2018

By now, the crosswinds of Mr. Erdogan’s public statements have sealed his reputation as a leader of changeable temperament who seems to shift Turkey’s policies along with his moods. Analysts of

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Heavy fighting as Syrian forces enter rebel-held Idlib province

Source:The National Date:30Dec2017

Ankara can’t cleanse Idlib of pro-el Qaeda militants, which gives Assad cover to attack the rebel-held province.  Soon Turkish  and Syrian militaries might face each other.

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US sanctions on the horizon for Turkey in 2018

Source:Hurriyet Daily News Date:30Dec2017

Better late than never we might think, however, the closure of the visa parenthesis was indeed getting rid of the least difficult of the problems between the two countries. It almost feels like

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Ankara’s Look East: On Turkey’s warming ties with Russia…

Source:WarOntheRocks Date:29Dec2017

The strongmen of Turkey and Russia have met frequently this past year to discuss the Syrian civil war and bilateral relations. In parallel, Turkey’s relations with its Western allies have

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Turkey’s Stalinist prosecution of journalists for tweets and blogs

Source:Washington Post Date:28Dec2017

THESE ARE dark days for journalists in Turkey, now the leader among governments that imprison news-gatherers. In one week alone, nearly 70 journalists were on trial on false accusations of

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Turkey and Syria engage in a war of words as Erdogan and Assad call each other “terrorists”

Source:South China Morning Post Date:28Dec2017

It amazes me to find many well-informed pundits claiming that Erdogan has changed Syria policy in the direction of recognizing Assad’s legitimacy.  Turkey has not conceded defeat in Syria.

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Erdogan Trains His Broom on a Sweep of Turkey’s Governing Party

Source:New York Times Date:27Dec2017

Erdogan’s reform efforts in AKP are likely to fail, because the main problem lies with his policies, not the rank-and file. By the way, the party is losing support big time:  Mr. Erdogan

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Turkey’s waning fertility threatens Erdoğan’s vision of strength

Source:The Guardian Date:27Dec2017

Wow…Turkey is aging very rapidly.   Though Turkey remains the second most populous country in Europe after Germany, with a population of 79.5 million, and has one of the lowest median

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